I found out last night that my night med box was lacking sleep meds. That explains why I wasn’t sleeping and why I was sweating so much, withdrawals. I really think the only way to get off these is to be hospitalized and given something to wean me off. I’ve been on 20mg for years. I usually take 15 mg and sometimes 10. So that the 20 will still work. Last night finding out they were missing I took 15mg and that was perfect. I slept soundly.the recommended amount for woman are 5 mg and 10 for men. I’ve been on 20 for about 7-8 years. The last time I was hospitalized I was mixed and not sleeping so they kept increasing the med until I started sleeping. I didn’t have the sleepwalking or eating or any other side effects so the kept me on them. Then when I moved to Minnesota the doctors didn’t want to mess with it. There’s been a few times where they didn’t get ordered and I went through withdrawals but this is the first time I forgot to put them in my container! But boy, I’d really like to get off of them.
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Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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